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Name
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Saurornithoides
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Meaning
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bird-like
lizard
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Pronunciation
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sore-or-nay-o-dies
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Found
in
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North
America
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Anatomy
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Large
brain
Slender
body
Saucer
like eyes It had eyes faced partly forward while most dinosaurs had eyes
on the side of their head.
Small
sharp teeth serrated only on posterior edges.
The
foot has a slightly enlarged claw
The
enlarged middle ear cavity and other ear-related structures indicate that
Saurornithoides had a highly developed auditory system. |
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Length
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2
meters
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Height
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Weight
(mass)
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13-27
kilometers
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Locomotion
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Bipedal
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Food
preference
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Carnivore
(small reptiles and mammals)
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Time
period
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Late
cretaceous (95-72 million years ago)
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Type
of hip
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Bird
hipped
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Dinosaur
group
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Deinonychosauria,
Troodontidae
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Remains
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No
complete, or even nearly complete skeleton is known today.
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